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    Old Computer Regenerated!!!!

    It's nothing to do with optics, but I feel I'd like to share it with you guys!

    I'm still running an old original Pentium.

    It used to be fast, and for the last year or two, it's been getting slower, it's been stalling and more regularly has been crashing out frequently ... you know what I mean, "This Program has performed an illegal or immoral operation... call your vendor etc...

    I'm a good boy, I floss regularly and defrag regularly like Microsoft advise, but it doesn't help, I still have to get treatment from the dentist and my computer is still crashing, then a few days ago I was introduced to an amazing little freeware programme, "The Compound File Unfragmenter"

    Now, I'm not too technical, but it turns out that running the regular optimization and defrag programmes doesn't clean up all the bits that are scattered around your hard disk especially if you have used Office and Excel a lot.

    I downloaded this small prog (150k) and ran it and am absolutely amazed, apart from the 'puter behaving like new....yes...like NEW, it also found another well needed 20mb of space on the hard drive.

    I've got the .zip file or you can find it on www.zdnet.com

    I'm not connected....unfortunately.... with zdnet, anyway it's a free download.

    If anyone knows of a programme to sort out gum problems, please let me know.

    Best, Clive

    [This message has been edited by Clive Noble (edited 06-18-2000).]
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    Thanks Clive.....I'll have to check that out. My pentium II that is about a year and a half old is acting exactly like you are saying yours was. I will repost after I try it out and let ya know if it helped me too.

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      #3
      WOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOO.........I'm an apprentice now!!!! :D

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        #4
        Clive,

        What is the program's name? ZDNET is a pretty big site with lots of files to download. Thanks.

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        [This message has been edited by Steve Machol (edited 06-16-2000).]

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          #5
          Hey Steve, why do both of my earlier posts say that they are #11? It isn't the same post.....shouldn't the number change?.....or am I missing something?

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            #6
            Henry,

            The message count gets updated to the latest number one of two ways:

            1. Whenever the message thread is updated.

            2. Whenever the Board Administrator runs an "Update Threads" command.

            Because this message thread was recently added to, your message total is now 12. However if you look at some earlier messages, you may see a lower total. That's because those particualr message threads haven't been added to.

            The only way to get everything updated at once is by updating the threads. And since I really can't sit around and do this everytime someone posts a new message (I do have somewhat of a life!), I try to run a general update once a day or every other day.


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              #7
              Search for this file at pc mag section of zdnet " pcmunfrg.zip " and you should find it

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                #8
                Originally posted by john r:
                Search for this file at pc mag section of zdnet " pcmunfrg.zip " and you should find it
                Thanks John, that's the programme, you've saved me looking it up again... Clive

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                  #9
                  Ok guys.....help me out here....can't seem to find this program on the site. It is probably right under my nose but I don't see it.......

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                    #10
                    Henry, if you want, I'll send you the .zip file as an email attachment, it's not large.

                    Clive

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                      #11
                      Clive.............Are you using Windows 98? According to ZDTV (one of my favorite networks to watch when TV Land is airing yet another episode of Dragnet) the "illegal operation" message is just another way for 98 to crash. Supposedly we are just supposed to put up with it. My P111 is fast and efficient yet still crashes if I leave my e-mail program in a hurry. "puters" just have to love 'em.

                      Jackie O

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                        #12
                        The folks at ZDTV put out some real good stuff on their web site. Lots of utilities and neat tricks to make Windows run better. The "illegal operation" errors can be quite unnerving, so if the program you got works, great!
                        My theory is that the errors are caused by bugs in Windows, but software's not my specialty. I've had several "illegal operations" and the like, but so far no arrests ;-)

                        Blake

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                          #13
                          Windows is for wimps! Real Opti-Geeks use Linux.

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                            #14
                            Originally posted by Jackie O:
                            Clive.............Are you using Windows 98? ...............e-mail program in a hurry. "puters" just have to love 'em.

                            Jackie O
                            Hi Jackie,

                            No, I'm using Windows 94 and three quarters.
                            It is/was a pre production trial version of the 'real thing' that they gave out to the trade to test and get feedback.

                            I think I need another 6 months or so and I'll be ready to give them my findings.

                            Since cleaning up the hard drive a few days ago, I've put it through all the usual 'crashing operations' and everythings fine now. I can even close down 2 programmes together without being advised to contact my vendor. (sho said MS don't have the customer's interest at heart)

                            One of the problems I was having was with the Optiboard and posting messages, it was impossible to type in the box at a speed higher than one letter every 5 seconds.
                            (Not that I type much faster!!)

                            Now, I'm back to normal.

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                            Steve,

                            I really know very little about computers, but over the last year or so have been hearing more and more about 'LINUX'.

                            Very briefly, is it possible to explain, in words of 2 syllables that an optician might understand, what it's all about and would the average PC user benefit from it?

                            Thanks, Clive



                            [This message has been edited by Clive Noble (edited 06-17-2000).]

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                              #15
                              Originally posted by Clive Noble:
                              Steve,

                              I really know very little about computers, but over the last year or so have been hearing more and more about 'LINUX'.

                              Very briefly, is it possible to explain, in words of 2 syllables that an optician might understand, what it's all about and would the average PC user benefit from it?

                              Thanks, Clive
                              Linux is just like Unix. Long learning curve, but much more powerful and robust than any Windows version. Sadly, most PC users would not benefit from it. However most ISPs and web pages are run on Linux/Unix operating systems - including OptiBoard - specifically because of the power and reliability.

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                              [This message has been edited by Steve Machol (edited 06-17-2000).]

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